. >> the lunar lander hills was 1 mi. above the moon service when buzz aldrin said they got an indication that something was wrong. >> your coming in to land on the moon for the first time, and ones are gone off? >> yes, we had not memorize all of the programs. >> the flight director was already worried about a guidance error and poor communications. >> the tough decision i had to make was, did we have good enough communications to continue the descent, or should we wave off? >> the spacecraft came from the dark side of the moon and a look like there would be trouble right away? >> we had a lot of trouble there. >> it looked as if the landing was going off course and i have to be aborted. >> aboard is not a word you use casually in mission control and never won perked up at that time and we knew that we were in for a battle. >> in 2000 of from said he was going into a dangerous looking greater. >> there were steep slopes covered with very large rocks about the size of an automobile, that was not accomplish someone to try